October 03, 2005

Web 2.0 speak

In
preparation for this week's show,
I thought it would be fun to describe Oodle using Web2.0 buzzwords…

Oodle indexes classifieds listings from
across the web, many of them without even a URL to call their own. Once we find them, we tag them (e.g., pet
listings with breed, gender and color); remix them with other data sources
(e.g, expand abbreviations, normalize location); and create mashups with
other web services (e.g, put them on Google Maps using AJAX).

In doing this, we enable a long tail for
classifieds. Prosumers can easily find
listings not only from big providers, but from small community sources like
local newspapers and niche national sites such as mykidscloset or trucker-to-trucker.

Our
business model, while still unfolding, will continue to be defined by
lightweight, decentralized business relationships – Ad Sense, content
syndication (XML/RSS) and affiliate partnerships.

Comments

Hey,

You guys really need to focus more on aggregating and less on buzzwords. Your identity is at stake and why would you even bring up "architecture of participation?" Your not a wiki. Search and wiki do not blend. Are you feeling the heat because G has classified search covered? Is this making you think you need to be different? People that refer to chasing the longer tail are in trouble.